AustStab 13th Awards of Excellence Winners Announced
The 2025 AustStab Awards of Excellence winners were announced at the AustStab Gala Dinner and Awards night on Wednesday 13th August 2025.
The Awards celebrate leading practice and innovation in pavement recycling and stabilisation as well as the emergence of new talent in the industry.
Category 1 – Work Health and Safety
This award recognises excellence in the following general areas specific to application within the pavement recycling and stabilisation industry: WHS management systems, solutions to identified WHS issues, and WHS practices in small business.
Winner: TMR – RoadTek North Queensland – RoadTek’s innovative stabiliser drum stand for enhanced maintenance and safety
Category 2 – Industry Excellence in Consulting, Research or Education
This award recognises outstanding achievements in design, research or education associated with pavement recycling and stabilisation that will provide new ways of conducting or promoting sustainable pavement construction and rehabilitation processes.
Winner: AustStab Technical Working Group – Optimisation of Slag/Lime Binders for Australian Pavement Stabilisation
Highly Commended: NTRO, TMR & NACOE – Advancing Sustainable Pavement Stabilisation through General-Purpose Limestone Cement: NACOE O36 Research and Field Trial
Category 3 – Excellence in Sustainability and Innovation
The Excellence in Sustainability and Innovation award targets initiatives that demonstrate quantifiable economic, social and environmental sustainability and resiliency benefits in pavement recycling and stabilisation, or innovative applications of materials or techniques.
Winner: Stabilised Pavements of Australia & Frankston City Council– Insitu Foamed Bitumen Opening Doors for Recycling in Metropolitan Councils
Highly Commended: Byron Shire Council & Stabilised Pavements of Australia – Improved design & construction methodology for urban local roads in flood prone areas
Highly Commended: TMR – Innovative Road Rehabilitation with In-Situ Pavement Recycling and Lean Methodology
Category 4 – Excellence in Pavement Recycling and Stabilisation in Local Government
This award is specifically aimed at Local Government initiatives that have adopted innovative pavement recycling and stabilisation practices and that have resulted in better outcomes for Local Government constituents.
Winner: Bass Coast Shire Council– Bass Coast Shire Council – Consistency Partnered with Innovation Leading Excellence
Category 5 – Young Stabiliser of the Year
Award nominees in this category shall be aged 35 years or less at 30th June and be pavement recycling and stabilisation professionals or field staff who have:
- Realised competence and significant achievement in pavement recycling and stabilisation,
- A demonstrated understanding of the role and purpose of pavement recycling and stabilisation in the construction industry, and
- Have demonstrated proficient use of communication skills in stabilisation projects.
Winner: Chris Cleaton – Stabilised Pavements of Australia
Highly Commended: Georgia McKenzie McHard – Downer EDI
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the finalist and nominees.